Cljt Ilittsfruro etkrtte,
FARM, (UMW AND .HOISEHOLD;
ELIE
Why is it that our farmers, and fan
ciers, too, almost ignore the good quali
ties of the duck ?
They are no more difficult to re# than
chickens,' if proper care is' taken the first
few weeks, and they mature much earlier.
The common duck does not require any
" more care; but it is not to these that we
specially refer. ` We do not see the ad
vantage of raising ducks that weigh two
or three pods at maturity, rather than
those that 11 'weigh six to eight. And
v T
ere is just about that difference between
u e ry co e m r
Remo
eadvuerickeatnieds.eittereethstaehAarydlleys,-
thmoane
theto raisemm common
m Aylesbury ud.pltdd o te r
3
• ari anu e ey t n ;; and laying beauty, (which is a
ere is
desideratum with us) aside, there is
'still the gain in weight as well as thegain
in eggs the coming year. i '
Either of the above varieties is desks
ble, and the choice may be said to lie
almost with one's fancy. BOth_are excel
lent layers,frequently commencing to
lay in the dl and- continuing until cold
weather, re-commencing in February or
Much, and not ceasing until July or
August, and mature at about the same
age, reaching about the ' same weight,
which sometimes attains eighteen to nine
teen pounds 15er pair. rids weight,
though, is very rare.
It seems to be the impression with
many that ducks cannot be kept except
with a pond or stream on the , premises.
This is a mistaken notion. True. a run
ning stream or when that is not to be
had, a pond of water, is great help, but
it
.I 0 not a necessity. We bave known
fine broods raised with a large tub or box
sunk in the ground and filled daily with
fresh water. A good way to do this is to
excavate the ground under the tub to the
depth of eighteen inches or two feet, and
fill the hole up with stones ; have a.hole
and plug right over the excavation, and
the water will run off easily and freely,
and not keep the ground around the tub
continually muddy. '
"But they eat 'so much," is the reply;
"why, half a dozen ducks will eat a halti.
bushel of corn a day." Now, reader,did
you ever compare critically the amount
consumed respectively by a duck and a
' hen? If not, do so,
and you will discov.
er less difference than you persuaded
yourself there was. The idea of ducks
eating so much Is a good deal like the
Dutchman's pig. Hans had' von leetle
pig,- no bigger dan von cat. He give ter
little pig von pail -of swill; piggy eats ter
swill all up; den he puts him in ter pail,
and he no fill ter pail half full.—Hortf
culturist. •
AGRICTITIIIL'iL 'FACTS
In estimating hay by measurement at
low 450 cubic feet for a ton in the upper
half of the mow, and 450 feet in the lower
half.
In the pastoral regions of the Rocky
Mountains butter is now made, which is
superior to any made elsewhere in our
country.
As a rule, the English farm horse has
better lodging and takes fewer steps in
getting to his work than the English farm
laborer; horse comfort is more studied than
human comfort.
The farmers near the sea shorehrMaine
have learned that fish make as good feed as
hay, and that one fish makes a full meal for
a sheep.• •
He is a good farmer 'who makes good
compost heaps; he is a better who mana
ges to have the manure applied as fast as
it is made,
Esparto grass will be sowed considera
bly in South Carolina this spring. It is
raised as easily as clover, and affords a
good substitute for rags in making paper.
The highest order of charity is that
which provides employment for the wil
ling laborer, and leaves uncompromised
his Self-dependence; work without wages
makes slaves; wages without work makes
paupers.
Wheat. bran, oatmeal, scraps of meat,
and cheese rinds should be fed to hens at
this time of the year, because they contain
albumen '
of which there is much in egg.
Chopped vegetables will make them
healthy; corn meal is more useful in fat
-I.enning poultry.
WEAT A RALF ACRE WILL DO.
A. shoemaker over in Jersey bought a
half acre lot. He was fond of fruit and
read the papers. The soil was wet clay,
and he selected fruit to the climate. He
built a house and put his land in a condi
tion to produce fruit. He had no manure
•but the droppings of street cattle. In
his leisure he brought from the woods
bark, rotten wood, moss and leaf mould,
which he mixed with the soil three feet
deep. This was done by degrees, and as
fast as the ground was prepAred he plant
ed fruit. He became so interested and
successful that he retired from the cob
bler's bench. I was his neighbor and knew
him intimately. = His half acre supported
himself and wife comfortably--almost in
elegance. She had no servant, and had
plenty of time to cultivate flowers.
'Strangers inquired about their beautiful
home. Isabella grapes and common cur
_ rants formed the bulk of hisfruit. With
s better selection his income would have
been larger. Others had the same sue
teas on - small pieces of ground. One I
knew who supported his family on an
sere. Half was in grapes, the crop of
which in one season sold for $BOO, and
he had no bills to pay. 'lrconcentratton
will give enemas, let us know it and prac
tice it. [Dr. Peek, in the New York Tri
bune.
THE CANADA THISTLE.
Mr. David Newport, of Abington, Pa.,
writes to ifearthand Hone: "On a farm
which I purchased in Abington, I found
two considerable patches of Canada this
tle, which I have destroyed in two sea
sons-by the application of S, quan
tity of cog oiL I found, It better to cut
each plant clese to the ground with a;
sharp hoe or knife, and apply the coal oil
- immediately to the fresh wound.
small quantity seems-"to penetrate the
plant, even- to Its most distant roots.
Partners cannot be too Careful:to note the
first encroachment of this pest, for it is'
.cinly then that it can be readily destroyed,
but it:Will
h e - found by experiment that
theineans above indicated, if persever-,
InSIY ined ) will prove thoroughly eflica
-clotia
PO TATOES—EARLY 11.0 SH TO THE RIME.
The potato fever does, not abate in the
least. But the origination of the Early
Rose has brought out a new variety call
ed the "No. 4," which promisee to eclipse
others. Sixteen potatoes of this va.
riety have sold for 11825, twelve pounds
for $615, one pound brought $5O, and one
was traded for a cow. worth $6O. A man
in Hubbardtown, Vermont, who bought
one eye of a "No. 4", potatoe raised from
it, this season, potatoes that he has sold
for $750, an I has three left. Eight were
bought by one man for 5400. :Most pru
dent people will refuse to be humbugged
into investing very considerably in any
of these new varieties of potatoes, until
the scale of prices is more in accord with
the intrinsic value of the esculent—until
they inay be purchased by the bushel and
not by the pound.
CHURNING IN WINTER
An exchange contains the following:
"Churning under Difficulties," is the
caption of an article in your Dairy De
partment, in which the writer wants to
know if the trouble in churning is in con
sequence of his cows being old. The
trouble is that cream raised in cold weath
er must be warmer when it Is churned
than cream raised in warm weather.
While sixty to sixty-two degrees is about
the right temperature for summer churn
ing. in winter it must be as high as sixty
seven degrees. Stir the cream and warm
it till you get it to that pitch, and your
butter will come in a few minutes, and
be solid and good and of good flavor,
while if you attempt to churn it at sixty
three degrees it will froth and foam and
swell up, and if you succeed in getting
butter at all it will be white, frothy and
bitter. ' The cream from old cows treated
in this way, will make butter as quick as
cream irom young cows. It is worth the
price of your, paper one year for butter
makers to know this. ,
Own WEIO KnowS.
CARD THE COWS
One would think that any kind-hearted
man, when he sees how grateful the op
eration of carding is to a cow, would be
willing to spend a few minutes in card
19g her. It pays as well to clean a cow
as a horse. All who have fairly tried it
find great benefit from the operation; and
yet not one fanner in a hundred makes it
a piactice to use the card or curry-comb
in . a cow stable. We know there are
some who laugh at the idea as a mere
notion of some fancy farmer. But in
point of fact, no cow can give e• best
results at the pail unless this matter is at
tended to, especially in winter.
MOULTING nerrAnrEs.
When your canaries are moulting and
cease to sing do this : Put a little oxide
of iron (iron rust from the drugl store),
1 1 or let a couple of lath nails lie in the water
they drink; take away their bath, So they
can't get any drink but their medicine.
In another cup immerse a little saffron.
The latter gives color to the incoming
feathers. The iron braces their system
while moulting. In a . little while they
will sing loud enough to cause a headache.
MILE PEAPAA. - --Cows sometimes, when
\in high condition, get down with the
milk fever, when the calf is about three
days old, which very often proves fatal.
Laudanum has proved the best remedy in
some very bad cases, given up as lost.
It is given in large doses,—from two to
three ounces. Some may think this a
heavy dose, but we have given the largest
dose (three ounces) and some of our
neighbors have tried the same, with every
beneficial result. Oil is the worst medi
cine, as it makes them dreadfully sick.
The animal is mostly In great pain,
for which laudanum works wonders.
Soon as the cow will eat, give her turnips
or apples, which will open the bowels and
put her in right condition:—Exchange.
Taxan is a model farm in Mower coml.
ty, Minnesota.' It is owned by William
Buck' who settled in Racine township in
1856. He had sufficient means to pur
chase 480 acres of land at Government
prices, upon,"which he went to work.
His labor was reasonably rewarded. Af
ter seven years, of hard toil and econom
ical living, he began the erection of a
handsome residence, which!he finished in
1864. His barn will accommodate 160
head of horse cattle 225 tons of hay,
and the bins Will hold 10,000 bushels of
grain. The upper floors are laid with
two-inch plank. Mr. Buck last year sold
$6,000 worth of stook, snd has now on
hand some 50 head of horses and 40 head
of cattle. He has under plough 2so acres,
besides 120 acres in timothy gras,4.
ACORRESPONDENT of the_&ient(fie
American says: We had one hundred
trees, seven years planted, completely
girdled by mice. There had been for
some times heavy snow on the ground;
and mice being plenty and in a starving
condition with nothing else to eat, they
ate all the bark from the trees as far as
they could reach. As soon as the damage
was discovered, which was on the first
thawing days, we banked the snow
around the trees, and as soon as the soil
thawed, it was banked a foot high about
the trunks. This was all the attention
the trees received, and now the damaged
parts are .covered by almost as thick a
coating of bark as the untouched portions
of the tree. When the girdling is higher
than can be reached with the soil, clay
may be bound on with a bandage. The
death of the tree is caused by the season
mg of the sapwood.
Tap. Lehigh County Agricultural So
ciety, at a meeting held last week, adop
ted a resolution appropriating $2OO for
the purpose of importing from abroad a
nnmber of insect-eating birds, and a com
mittee was appointed to carry the project
into effect., Information of this proceed
ing. has been sent to 'other Agricultural
Societies in Eastern . Pennsylvania, and
their earnest co-operation is solicited.
The great decrease and deterioration in
the crops of fruit has led 'to this move
ment. The only remedy appears to be to
destroy the myriads of insects which prey
upon the youhg fruit, and for this we
must look to the small birds. The matter
will be brought to the attention of the
State Agricultural Convention Which is
to assemble in Harrisburg on the 17th of
March-
' To CURE Kimmel Cows.—Cows, says
a potemporary, seldom kick with Out some
good reason for it. Teats are• sometimes
chapped or the udder tender; harsh hand
ling hurts them, and they • kick. . Some
times long and. sharp finger nails cut their
teats, and sometimes the milker pulls the
long hairs on the udder, while . milking.
Shear off thelong hairs, enticing finger
nails close, bathe chapped teats with
warm water and grease them well with
lard, and always treat a cow gently. She
will never kick unless something hurts
her, or she fears a repetition of former
hurts. When handled gently, cows like
to be milked. When treated otherwise,
they will kick and hold up their milk.
STRAIN TUE BUTTEEMILL—A cor
respondent of the Germantown Telegraph
says: Place a common wire sieve over a
pall, draw or turn the buttermilk into it,
gently stirring the bottom with a spoon;
what is saved in the sieve can be put in a
jar, and when a quantity accumulates it
can be stewed out by placing it in an
.PlTTER3lftliil GAZETIT, : TUEOIiAt FEBItUARY 23, i 8643.
lion kettle, and sinunering slowly until
the oil or butter rises on top and the sedi
ment settles to the bottom. It makes a
good shortehing for pie -crust, and where
there is a large dairy it may be used to
fry in.. Before it is tried it makes'excel
lent cream biscuit.
Carcxmi CHOLERA.-A. correspondent
of the Department pf Agriculture, writ
ing from lowa, sayE: "3ly chickens have
been dying with cholera for the last two
years —even turkeys have died of the
same disease. When I notice the fowls
begin to droop and look sleeply, I
give them three or four tablespoonsful of
strong alum water, feeding twice a day
for two cr three days—afterwards once a
week. Since commencing this practice I
have not lost any."
HOUSEHOLD RECEIPTS,
CheBtnut Sauce for Sausages—Care.
fully skin some roasted chestnuts; try
them a minute with butter in a saucepan;
moisten them with soup and a little white
wine; let them cook at a slow fire•until
they are ready to form a paste; mash
them fine and pass through a colander•,
season the puree with a little sugar and
the necessary salt, and keep warm. Cook
in a pan some sausages, add to the chest,
nut sauce their juice anti grease, and
serve with the sausages laid upon the
puree of chestnuts.
Fragments of Hare and Mushrooms.--
At this season the hare is well grown.
If, for the sake of effect, an animal has
been spitted and presented entire, it will
be strange, lowever redonbtable the eat
ers, if some of him does not go back
again to the kitchen. Now, here is the
way to make him return with a welcome
to the dining-room:
Cut the remains of the roast hare into
strips the size of a finger, endeavoring
to exclude all'the bones. Blanche some
mushrooms, drain them, and chop them
small with a little parsley and raw onion.
Cut bacon into dice, fry them slightly
in butter, distribute them on the bottom
of a dish, sprinkling them with powdered
crumbs; cover them with a layer of the
mushrooms, lay on this the pieces of roast
hare; seasoned with salt and pepper, on
these again a layer of mushrooms ' strew
over all a bed of powdered crumbs, with
lumps of butter at equal distances over
the top, moisten with a little broth, lay
the dish on a gentle fire, cover with the
lid, and serve when the crumbs have
browned.
French taste demands a dash of vine
gar. If you have no broth, substitute
the water in which the mushrooms were
boiled, with a slight flavor of vinegar; in
this case do not sprinkle the dish with
the latter.— [Baron Briue in the Petit
Journal.
To Bake Ham.—The usual mode of.
preparing hams for the table is by boiling.
They are far richer, if baked as follows:
Soak the ham in clean water for an hour,
then wipe it dry, and spread it all over
with thin batter, lay it in a deep dish,
with sticks under it to keep it from the
grease. When fully done, remove the
skin and the batter which has crusted on
the flesh side, and set it away to cool in
the open air.
Preserving Pineapples.—Select pineap
ples that are ripe, but not mellow. Pare
them and with a pen-knife cut out all the
little black points which paring does no,
remove, except by wasting the fruit; grate'
the apple on a coarse grater, add a pound
of white sugar to each pound of grated
fruit. Put it in an earthen dish, and let
it stand over night; by morning the juice
of the pineapple will have dissolved the
sugar, then put it in a preserving kettle,
let it heat' slowly, stirring often till It
boils. Cook twenty minutes, - put in jars
and seal as usual, Pineapples preserved
in this manner retain their flavor for years.
Cocoanut Cake—One pound of white
sugar, half a pound of butter, three
fourths of a pound of flour, six eggs, a
grated cocoanut with the milk, and one
grated nutmeg.
A CORRESPONDENT of the' Montrose
Republican gives her receipt for frying
chicken: "I first wash my chicken clean,
then halve it, and put in a frying pan, and
fry in butter till done; then beat four eggs
and one table spoon of flour together,
spread over the chicken, and set in a hot
oven and bake the"eggs, till done. Season
the eggs before spreading with salt and
pepper to the taste. Please try it.
NOTICES
ILOPTICE OP ,ITT ENGINE= Ab D SCLRVEYOB, I
Pirrencnian, February 13, 1869.
'Mr'NOTTUE TO CONTRACT
-01480-Sealed Proposals for the grading,
paving_and curbing of
CkIiTHE STREET. , from Forty-fourth. to
Forty- ofth street;
L , C17.31' ALLEY, from Fountain street to
Forty .11rst street:
ALIP :ND ALLEY from Maier street to-the
Alieglieny Valh Railroad.
FOSTEE ALL EY,
from Butler street to the
Allegheny Vahey Railroad;
Wlll be received at this office until SATRE-
D Y, February 27.1269. ' •
13pacltications and Bianca for bidding can be
had at this Wilco. No bide will be received unless
made out on the pri.per blanks. Tae, Committee
reserve the right to reject any or all bids.
JUL J. MOORE,
tei3 City Engineer.
lar'TO BVlLDEUS._"Separate
Proposals., addressed to the Omani
goners for the Itrecttou of City Hall." will be
re elved et the office of the Commissioners, No,
De SMITHVI KU) eTftnE until MONDAY,
the lat day of March next, for the
Stone Work, Brick Work, Iron Work
and Carpenter Work,
Required in the erection of the new Cl',y Hall
according to the plans and snecUications of the
same, which can be soon at the office of J. W.
81tit ft, ArchiVet, in Appolo Building, No. 80
Fourth Avenue, where an requisite information
will be given. •
THOMAS STEEL, Beere
figrPROPOSALS FOR PILAti•
TRRIN6.--Proposele will be received for
PLARTERTNO 'TUR ALLEGHENY COUNTY
WORK BOUM& -
Bpeoldcatlonaliork and materials to be Been
at the °Mae of !deem. Barr & Moser, Asebltecta.
Sixth street, where propeaala will be left, ad
dieeeed to H. B. FLEM NO,
W. 8. 81 4 814.1.,
Building Committee,
fel2ce93
SPECIAL NOTICES.
tgr'IIATCHELOWS HAUL DYE.
Title splendtdßalr Dye is the bestin the world:
theh only true and perfect Dye; harmless, relia
ble, instantaneous; no disappointment; no ri
diculous tints remedies , the 111 effects of bad
dyes; invigora and leayee tbe Hair soft and
beautiful. elm or brown. • Sold by all Druggists
and Perfumers; and properly applied at Batche
lor's WM Factory, No. 16 Bond street. New
York. • • • a028:p2/3
_ - -
IgrBIAICRIAGE AND CELIDA.
CY.—An Essay foe young Men on the crime
of Solitude, and the -DlBEalaiill_luttt ABUSES
which create Impediments to .11141.11RIAGE, with
sure means of relief. Sent In sealed letter en
velopes free of charge . .Add. elm. Dr. J. SKIL
LIN HOUGHTON, flowatd Assodation. Phila
delphia, Pa. lal9:d&T .
WORNANIENTAL AND USE. ,
FUL. BUY ONLY
SILVER TIPPED SHOES. •
For children. Will outwear three pairs without
tips. jam:4l6s-T:Tn:el
ARCHITECTS.
- -
BAR & MOSER,
.AL l aCaininriaCfrf3.
•
FRUIT HOUSE ASSOCIATION BUILDINGS,
Nod. U and 4 St. Clair Streett Pittsburgh, Pa.,
Special attention given to the designing and
buildtns; . f. (*CUT HOICISUs and puma
strizprzies.
I AUCTION SALES
BY E. B. SMITHSON & CO.
B OOTS, SHOES AND CARPETS
FOE THE MILLION.
AT
SiiIIITHSON , S EMPORIUM
II •
33 AND 57 FIFTH AVENUE .
Keg l ers. known THON dt CO.. proprietors
of tlio, well Mammoth Aaction Houseare
creating an exclieinent consequent I.pon the U.:-
rival Ol new goods which :ire belug so,d at re
murkiiblY low prices, •Goods ofevery variety: the
fluent , sewed bot • the most raslilonaSle b3l-
suoral gallery. and ' ankl.q 'hoes tilimc:s.
blankets. flannel, cioths. cas•Amere, outlerY
and Carp,ets. Call and examine. No trouble to
show goods. Ladies'. misses' and children's
furs at almost your own prices. All roods war
ranted as renrekented.
BY £ LEGGATE
SIDENCE 'ON
ORTH AVENUE, ALLEGHENY.
Sale
on Thursday, February .sth
•Mr. THOMAS HARE, having purchased on
another porti..n of north ...venue and being My
inclined to rent his present dwell ing. has conclu
ded to sell it. It will therefore be sold by auction
on the' premises. No. 135 North avenue, on
THURSDA 7, February 26th, at 2 o'clock. The
lot is 23% feet by 170 feet. The house is a three
story brickcontainin g ten rooms. it has a very
handsome double parlor, with marble mantles.
It has !bath room, hot and co d water, range in
kitchen. dry cemented cellar, pantries; closets
and other conveniences. e lse thro , nhout.
rear of lot 'is a good brick stable and carriage
house, I Hydrant in yard and hydrant in stable.
2he location is first class, being in the central
portiou!of North aYetine, commanding a sweep
ing vie+, of the' wok tied Fmk improvements.
The interior arrangements and littlish of the
bon e ar.". excellent. The bedrooms are large,
airy and well lighted; high ceilings. Possession
will bej given on April Ist. The premises are
now .pin for inspeucton. •
few I A. LEGGATE, Auctioneer, -•
BY L ?CUNENE.
LIGANT RESIDENCE,
61j Union Avenue, East Commons
near north Commons, Allegheny.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, February 27;
1666, at 3 o'clock. will be sold on the or.trolses
that new and elegant two-stuty. Brick Dwelling,
No. 61 Union avenue, fronting on East Commoz,
nt ar corner of North Common, Allegheny City;
containing parlor, dtning•room, kitchen, and
wash house on first d. 0.. dye chambers and
balk-room on second Boor, with attic and excel
-I•nt dry cellar. The house la bnlit and finished In
the best Sty 1•; press brick ornament.l front, in
side shutters, marble mantle and hearth; gas
throughout; hot an I cold water, and Bissell's
range in ikitchen.
The tot Is 30 feet front on Union avenue, and
115 feet in depth t o a wide al icy. The situation
Is the most pleasant In the two cities for, a resi
dence, and the improvement entirely new . -and
very best:finish. This is au excellent chance for
purchase; as the owner Is removing west. Terms,
one-third Cu", balance LI one and two years,
with inter,st. Visitors Invited to examine tie
premises.)
fan A. McILWAINft. Auctioneer.
V)AMR, BRIDGE. COLUMIBIA,
TELEGRAPH and INSI.InANCE STOCS.
UESDA.T EVENING, February 23d, at 73
o'clock, will be sold iin Second Floor of Com
mercial Sales Rooms, 108 Smithfield street,
1.10 shares Excnange Nat onal Hank:
27 awes Bitmllnsrham and l'lttsielt Bridge:
63 shared Pacific & Atlantic Telegraph Co.:
50 rs*. olumbla 011 Co.
500 s h in s Western Pennsylvania 011 Co :
40 shares Eureka Insurance Co,:
10 shares Citizens Insurance Co.:
5 shires Western It.eu educe Co : .
fell I A. SicILWAINE, Auctioneer.
ILEGAL. C~
XEIUTOBS 3 SALE OF
REAL ESTATE. -
The following valnable property belonging to
the estate; of J. M. l'OßTglt, deceased, 14 now
open for sale. If private bids are not satisfac
tory to the Executors, the property will 'be ex
poot 4 at Putilleti.le, commencing -
On Monday, March Ist, 1869.
One Fartn, known as the Irwin farm, contain
ing one nundred and twenty-seven acres, more
or less, !innate(' in Burrel township. Westmore
land county. about one hundred yards urn A.V.
It. R. o n e leghery river, reserving t
[armal.
Also, farm. known as the Martin,con
taining ninety-tw acres, more or less. situated
In Burrel township,M,estinorelond county. about
one and orie-half miles from Allegheny river and
A, V. Rallroae, without reservation as to coal
and minerals.
Also, onl hundred own
thirty Rell farm, con-,
tal leg on and ilve acres, more
or less. 61 Dated in Fawn township, Allegheny
county, about one mile from W. Y. itallroad and
Allegheny ,wrer, with coal and minerals.
Alas one farm, known as the Varitlne farm,
situated in Fawn township, Allegheny county
containing,( forty-four acres, mon or less, about
one mile from W. F. Railroad and Allegheny
river.
Also. one farm, known La the Vanillin farm,
containing; t stony-six 'acres, more or lees, situ
ated in Fawn township. Allegheny county, about
one mile frpm river and railroad.
Ali the above land is eligibly situated, and. ex
cept the Irwin farm, the c..al In wireh Is re
served, the balance of the farms are underlaid
withvoll and limestone.
Inf,irmation as to
TERMS OF SAME,
Or in reference to the above farms, can be.bad or
either of the executors te-Idlug at Tarertuta,
Allegheny nuunty. Pa.
In,connedtton therewith will also be sold
TWO LOTS,
rto. 61 an ,
whlea t a
trout 14 eat
61.4 n the borough of Tarentunt,
brick house. and but a short distance
a. Railroad.
Sale to
Commence on the Bell Farm,
on ?filch
comtvue u
t, 1E469. at 10 o'clo c k A. Y., and to
ell all is so.d.
JAMES K. FIILTUN,
lAll Executors.
11V24. V. EVA No,
PA., Feb . 113, 1869. fineleeel4
Temacivrtr
RPHANSI COURT SALE.-By
v
Orph v n i s u C O ou rno O f
r Ai e lo ohfe at eo nn su ty e , d
tuounfdhre
signed, A.dmintatrator of RORER/ LA t. FERTYs,
deceased. 'sill expo e at Public Fate, at the.
COURT HOUsE, lo the City of Pittsburgh. on
TUESD clockh Nid day of March, A. ante nett at o'in the forenoon, all the interest of
Robert Lafferty, dece. bring Lotsndivide
three-fourths of all g one certain having
front on the Butder Turnpik- of 450 feet 7
ineh^s, and being Lots Nos. 111, 14, /3. 1*, 16,
115, 17. 18 and ' 19 in tile p tin of Edward lard
lug and is. ff. Snyder. recorded in Plan Book Vol.
1, part 4, page 330, and situate in inhaler town
ship, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. together
with Lot, of Oround in said T.wasalp. and de
scribed in the same plan on the lower Fide of said
Butler Turnpike, beginning at a point directly
opposite the corner of Lots , Nos. 10 and 11 In
said plan; thence by the line of the old towing
path of the' PentivYlvsnia canni, as marred in
said plan North 90 degrees 4i minutes East
400 f et 4 inches, and extending back, preserv
ing thename wid. it to the Allegheny River at low
water mark; on which Is erected 011. WORKS,
known as the Albion Refinery, together with all
the Tankage, Buildings Mvehinery, and five
small Dwelling Houses ejected thereen.
TERMS car elts.LE. CASH, on confirmation of
sale. 1 __
Tags property is sold leet to the debts of
the late firm of LAFFERTY & WARING.
amonntieg Col/25,25g 54100". Also to a pur
chase money mortgage amounting to $3,3313
94-100, with interest thereon.
JAMBS ft. Etrxr.
ADMINISTRATOR.
felhelbr
__
A NOTICE oTicE OF AP..
POINTIdENT.
A SSIGNEE'S
11ISTRIC2 OP PZIIIIIITLY OM, SS
At Pittaborgh t tne Bth day of February, A. D.
1800. 1• ‘ .
To %Montt !nay cancers: _
The undertigned hereby gives notice,ef his ap
pointment as Assignee. of JAMES PLOT ty.
of Alieghey City. in the county of Al;
legheny, an e d bide of Pennsylvania, within said
District. woo has been adjudged bankrupt upon
his: own pertion, by the District Court of said
District.
J. W. KIRKER,
fee- e U.?
Attorney , at-Law, 87 Fifth avenue.
IRE
ITOR WALE. .
E-IOE STORE.
The 'took , good Will, lease and 4xtures of &boa
store Of the Late .1. P. Me , 'all. Bag., 339 Liberty
street, Pittsburgh. ils t. location in the city, and
doing a prosivereus bus'.u, as. For further Pitt"'
Guiana Inquire at 334 Liherta street.
EMMA aIcCA.LL,
J. D. ILL2tI ALEX,'
Execatora.
fcA:els
INSIIRMICE.
EfiriIESPRISE • ---
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF PITTSBURGH, PA.,
Oifioo, No. 424 'PENN ST.,
(1N NATiOM.i.? TRUST CO. BUILDWO.)
"RECTORS:
Robt. Dickson, 'ROL Liaatil,
G. :Bettie, C. Van Buren,
E. H. Myers. J. Onnvirisch,
L. J. Blanchard, , Weisser,
H. MYEHS, President.
. MOESoN. Vice President
.L GRIER. Treasurer.
1.131.F.TZ. Seer...tart%
ROBT.
TORT.
.1. J. A
pENNSYLTANIA
INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTTSBURGH
OFFICE. No. 187 ii WOOD STREET, BANK
01 COMMERCE BUILDING.
This is a Home Company, and insures agkinst
los. no Fire exclusively.
LEONARD WALTER, President.
C. C. BOYLE, Vice President.
ROBERT PATRICE, Treasurer.
HUGH McELHENT, Secretary.
DLILIICTORS:
Leonard Walter, George Wilson,
C. C. Boole, Geo.W. Evans.
Robert Patrick, J. C. Lappe,
Jacob Painter, J. C. Fleiner ,
Josiah Ring, John Voegtley.
Jas. H. Hopkins, A. Ammon.
Henry Sproal,
INDEMNITY
AGAINST LOSS BY FIRE.
FRANKLIN INSURANCE CO. OF PHILADELPHIA
0mcif.,433 & 437 OICESTNIIT BT., near fru
DIIIWZOBS.
Charles A. Bazaar, Mordecai H. Loot
Tobias Wagner. David 8. Brown,
Samuel Grant, • Isaac Lea,
Jacob E. Smith, Edward C. Dale,
F9Oll/1 W. Richards, George Pales.
CHARLES G. BANCICEB, President.
EDW. C. DALE, Vice President.
W. C. STEELE, Secretary,ztro tem.
J. GARDNER COFFIN, AGWAY.
North West corner Third and Wood Streets,
BEN
,FRANKLENI
INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF .ALLEGHENY, PA.
OFFICE IN FBANXLIN SAVINGS BANS
BUILDItiGS,
No. 41 Ohio St., Allegheny.
A HOME COMPANY, managed by Directors
web known to the community, who unit by fair
cletainiWmeMmitmmayouMtrphimM.
HENRY ID.WIN ......-- i:Prestetest.
GEO. D. RIDDLE ........ ..... —Secretary.
mast-row: '"' ..~
I
Henry Irwin, D. L. Patterurry. Wm, Cooper.
Oeo. B. Blddle , Jacob Fran:, •-. • Gottlelb Vass,
Simon Drum, J. D. Smith, , JaPoto Etut4
W. M. Stewart, Ch. P. Wbbiton, JOrepb C ,
Joe. Lautnar, H. J. Zlnkand;! Jere. Schen
apte:o3s
I MPERIAL, •
• •
'FIRE INSURANCE CO.,
OF.:I4OATIDON. •
ESTABLISHED 1803: CASH OkPITAY. PAID
UP AND INVESTED FUNDS &YOKED
/NO 88.000,000 INMOLD.
, Insurance asabiss Eire effected on Mouses and
Sundial/6, , Goods, Wares and !Merchandise,
Steamboats, ge4. , follelea issued payable Ingold
go
or currency. ar United States - Branch Ofdos,
40 PINE eTREET. New York:
-U •
All losses of the -United titates 'Branch will be
adjusted. In Vow Torg.- , •! . • .
J. Y. MoLAVICTGLIELLN, Agent.
• ; PITTSBURG /1, PA.
Otnee, 67 FOVRTH STREET.
MR. McLAUGMLIN also Agent for the Man
hattan Life Insurance Company, 5e.5:v72
TERN lIIISIIRANCE
PANT OF PITTSBITRGH.
ALEXANDER REMICK, President.
WM. P. HERBERT. Secretary.
' CAPT. GEORGE NEELD,lieneral Agent.
Odice, 9pi Water streetepang Co.'s Ware.
hOuse, up stain, Pittabur .
Will inzare against all nds of Fire and Ms.
rim Risks. A home Institution, managed by Di
rector, who are well known to the community,
and who ar, determined by. promptness and Mer
l/My, to Maintain the character which they have
assumed, as offering the best protection to those
who desire to be insured.
DIRECTORS:
Alexander Nimick, Joan R. McCune,
R. hillier, Jr., , Chao. J. Clarke,
James McAuley, William S. Evans,
Alexander Sneer, imlallirkpatrick.
Andrew Ackley., p_Reymer
David M. Long, Wm. Morrison;
D. D Ihmsen
_ • rice
NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.,
OF THE OUT OP LLLEGIEMIT.
Once, No. 89 'FEDERAL STREET, entrance
on Stockton Avenue.
FIRE INSURANCE ONLY.
W. W. tuarrni, President
JAR. E. BTEVENBON. Becretary.
ninacvons:
lA. H. English O. 11.P.Williami 3. Thompson
Jno. A. Myler, Jas, Lockhart, Joe. Myers,
Jas. L. Graham, Bobt, Lea, C. C. Boyle,
duo. Brown, Jr. Oeo. Gent, Jacob Kopp.
0c17:144
FIE:ZIES) COBI•
027147 E, N. E. 'OORNME WOOD I irrra sm.
► Home Company,taking Fire and Marine Blake
DERZCTOBS:
Wm. Phillips, Capt. John L. Rhoads,
John Watt, Samuel P. Bhriver,
John IL Parks Charles Arbuckle,
Capt. James Alla% Jared M. Brush,
Wm. Van Kirk, Wm P. Lens,
James I). Verner,_,' Samuel kicCrlckart
• WM. PHILLus, President.
JOHN WATT ,__Vice President.
W. P. GARDNER, • -
CAPT. JAS. GORDON,Ge n eral Agent. •
04LLEG EN Y INSURANCE
00HPANY Op PITTSBURGH.
ICE, No. 371PIPTH STRMIT, BABE BLOC!.
Ins sks ures against all kinds of Min and Maxine .
Ri
• JOHN IRWIN, Jn.. President. .
JOHN D. MeCORD Vice President.
C. O. DONNELL, georetiry.
CAPT. WM. DEAN, GeneralArent.
•
John Irwin , Jr DLIXCTOIIa:
Jr. • Crpt. Wm. Dean.
John D. McCord , B. L. Pahnestock
•
C. O. Hussey, W. H. Everson.
Harvey Childs, Robert H. Davis, .
T. J. Hoskineon, Primers Sellers,
Charles Hays, • Cant. J. T. Steekdale.
R SALE. •
, t -10
Acre at Woods Ron.
4 Acres and House in East Libertyy,
8 Acres, unimproved, on Troy Hill.
Acres on Grensburg Pike. •
5 Acree on Pou r Mile Run RodMlles from
P. C. R. R.
70 Acres near P. p. W. a C. R. R.
118 Acres near Pa , Westmoreland coun
ty.
90 Awes at Hill Bide Station, Pa, R. R.
4 Farms In Preston county, West Virginia.
coaBl Acres In Armstrong county, underlaid with
108 Acres and good Improvements, In Trumbull
county, cre Ohio.
900 As of Timber land, with Saw hillinan
dwellings. . • -
House and Lot od Center Avenue,' near Kirk.
patriot. 1_
House and Lot on - Vicrostreet.
House and Lot in' EastLiberty.
House and Lot In Mansfield.
House and Lot on Carroll street, Allegheny.
House and Lot on Beaver avenue.
Houses and 4 . Lots, very cheap, on Vine
2 Lots, very cheap, on Vine street.
Houses and Lo%on Franklin street.
1 House of 9 Robles and Lots on Roberts Bt.
Farms Lu Allnols; Missouri and West Virginia.
Coal Lands In Al/egbeny, Westmonsland, Fay
ette and Beaver counties in Penna.
TO-LET. •
X Houses of 9 Rooms in the 17th ward; rent $3OO
8 . do. of 3 do. do. 17th do. do. 144
2 do. of 3 do. do. lilth do. do. 158
X do. of 6 do. do. Bth do. do. 880
1 do. of 6 do. -do. Bth do. do. 300
1 do. of 9 do. do. 2d do. do. 800
1 do. of 3 do. do. oth' do. do. 192
1 do. of 5 do. do. 6th do. do, 9140
1 . do. of 4 do. do. 17th do. do. 1611
1 do. of 'I do. do. 24 do.
1 do. of 8 do. Grant street.
The Houses that I have for rent will be rented
very low to good tenants
_for the balance of the
rental year , -
APPLY AT
D. P, Hatch's Real Estate Office
No. 91 Grant St., Pittsburgh.
%Ramis
IarNEW OPERA HOUSE.
MLessee ........................ .. Ww. RENDIRSO/se
anager ....... .......... ...... W. CANNING.
Pnizahreinent extraordinary with the famoua
Lady tiyinnast,
Mlle
R ANYEAH.
And the la•rons Comed.an and Yank, e Delineator
YANKEE ROBINSI,N.
TUESDAY EVENING, February lig, Ise%
the perforinaLcelKli commence with the twe act
Comedy of
NAVAL ENGAk.E.II E. NTS.
After which.
'W. J. YrMay,
'F. Kirsch,
Chris. Siebert
I'. chlldecker
7117. SANYF.AH'S.
To Conclude Nvith the amusing sketch.
A' WIFE rThs A DAY.
hari Trickr a
any sh Matin e ee on Saturd ayY y. bkee Robbasou
PI7 7 ` 9 OURGII -TB EATRE.-
Lessee
Mana
Equestrian Director.ger.
DR. JAMES L. THAYER'S GREAT CIRCUS
OPEN EVERY NIGHT.
Introducing the following first-class artists:
fd , LLE MARIE, the dashing equestrledne: Mr.
GEGRPE M. KELLY, the chair.plon leapert
Mr. CHARLES FISH, the champion bareback
rider; Mr. JAME , ' REYN. LDS, clown; Messrs.
BURR. tWS and BURDEAU In their comic trans
formations; Mr. JAMES ZdADIGA.I.., classic
eases rian and double someramiltist; Mr.
CHARLES 3IADIGAN, Scenic Rider; Mr WM.
muktum,, gymnast, a c.. and a host or anal l
arks. Also trick horse GEN. bRANT, PONIES
and MULES.
A. W. WILLTAMS.
DR. J. L.' THAYER
FRANK. J. HO WE.
MATINEES every Wednesday and linturday af
ternoons at SI o'clock.
Mr'S MYTHEYS , AMERICAN
THEATRE.
(Late TRIMBLE'S VARIETIES.)
TUESDAY HYMNING. February 23. Ex.
citemera unabated. Last nignt of tiURIt, THE
MAN-FISH. New character street Songs by
0113. Williams. New ballads by Idlas NellieTay.
lur. EL W. Eagan's Corps of Comedians. The
Corps de Ballet fa a new and beautiful dlvertise
men t.' The screaming farce of the SWEITZERHS
i.OTTAG E. Mot day next the greatest cards Mt
America.
figrBURNELVS MUSEUM
AND PARLOR MENAGERIE,
The Great Family Resorts.
FIFTH AVENUE, between 13mithileld and
Wood streets, opposite Old Theatre.
.Open Day and Evening, all the year round.
Admission, $l5 cents: Ckildren. 16 cents.
liar - BLIND' TOM.
THE MUSICAL WONDER,
AT EXCELSIOR HALL, ( Allegheny City,)
MONDAY AND TUESDAY EVENINGS, Feb
ruary 93 , 1 and 23d.
Tickets for sale at the Drug Stores and at the
Book and Music dtores.
air- Matinee on Tuesday, February 23de
513; l,
r. te2o:
T'
ECONOMY BUTTER -CO.
ask the attention of all Interested-In the redac
tion of the extravagant cost of Batter, to their
practical and economical system of making pare
prime Batter by the aid of the
- EXTRACT OF BUITER PLANT.
. •
A brief allusion to the origin of this Imrortant
discovery may not prove uninteresting. Among
the authenticated records of the renowned Cap-
Cain Cook's voyage around the world, is found
the statement,. that while sojourning fors short
time on the Brazilian Coast of SouthAinerica, he
observed the natives using, in the preparation of
their food, a Decullar oil, which, upon examina
tion. he found to possess the azipearance, taste
and flavor of Butter; upon furtt.er inquiry, how
ever, he ascertained that it was simply a sub
stance that the natives distilled In a crudearie
imperfect manner, from a rich and luxuriant
plant that grew spontaneously and abundantly ln.
that warm tropical country. ' A few 3 ears ago,
an eminent French chemist, while on a profes
sional visit to the tropics, made numerous exper
iments
witn this remarkable production of na
ture, and succeeded In extracting aConcentrated
essence of the plant. The formulafor Its prepa
ration, and the Sole Bight for I a sale in this
i
country are the exclusive prope of this Com
pany, by whom it was purchased from the origi
nal discoverer. We claim for this remarkable.-
yet simple and perfectly harmless preparation--
lits.—That by its use a net gain of from 50 to 204:1-•
per cent. is made in the Manufacture of Butter.
Xd.—That Butte; which fkom age or whatever
cause, may be strong, rancid, streaked or
coarse-grained, and comparatively useless for
general use, by the aid of tbli Extract, is re
stored to its onginal freshness and 'sweetness,
flne-grain, and even color.
3d.—By the use of this Extract, one pound of
delicious, !rest', Butter Is actually made from
one pint of milk.
4th.—That a pure and excellent t a bl e Butter can
be made, at a cost of from 15 to 0 c nit per
pound. The chief expense wherein being But
ter, which Is the essential base.
sth.—That Butter manufactured by the aid of
this Extract Is equallln every resnect to the best
Butter made by the ordinary method.
6th.- The Extract after thorough analysis, by
able chemists, is pronounced perfectly free front
any deleterious substance, the ingredients be-.
lug purely of a vegetable nature.
Bth.-li2 proof of .he foregoing assertions, the
factory of this company Is mating one ton of
Butter per day, which meets with ready sale
in the New York Merket, and is consumed froze
the tables of the first Hotels, Restaurants and.
Private families in this city and elsewhere.
A sample package of the Extract tsuilielent to
make 50 lbs. of Butter) with fell directions for
use, will be sent to any address on receipt of $l.
CAUTION.-As articles of real merit are sub
ject to spurious imitations, we would specially
caution the public against counterfeits and worth
less imi.ations '
advertised as powders, com
pounds, dc., as the Extract of the Butter Point
is prepared and sold only by -
The - Economy Butter
047TCE, 115 LThanty Syrinsr.. -
PACTORT, A 36 RICH AT., NEW YORE,
State, County and City Hight' for sale, , ifering
to capitalists rare opportunities for establishing
a staple business, paying enormous profits.
Agents Wanted Everywhere..
M. OADART.d Fails Vegetable Coloitag, In&
pound, sufficient to give a rich golden yellow
000 lbs. of White. Butter; 50 cents per sample
package. sent to any address. flo Farmer should
be without lt, as white and streaky Batter is
worth from six to ten cents a pound less in all
markets than that of a rich yellow 'Whet&
2,000,000 A"" (Hr
CHOICE LANDS FOR SAM
Union Pacific Baikoad Company,
Lying along the line of their road, at
$llOO TO 1400 PIM AC;1174
Anl on a COMMIT :Of . FMB puma.
M*Sartitisr particulars, maPs, addrio
JOHN P. DEVERNITNI
Land Commlssloner. Topeka' lEaull•
Or CRAB. B. LAilirmoomr,' seer.
ginl4:
VICONOMIZE YOUR rimi.; by
.1.11 using the
SUITE Clarilill'UtiAL fitoyERNOR,
the only true and easily regulated Eh:mentor
made: perfect In its opera none and truly reliable.
A large size Governor can be seen at the oft* of
PElluE VAL BECKETT, Mechanical Engineer
and Solicitor or Patents, No. 79 Federal street,'
Allegheny City, the
C 4.4 agent Mr this or
in the Weßt. - sea; x9ll
• gait SALE & TO LET.--Houses s
and Lots for sale In all parts of the eitY an
so tuba. Also, several FARMS d:
to locathmil•
Also. a small WOOLICN FACTOR .with 00 acres
of laud, and good improvements , which I will Nu
cheap and on reasonable terms. Business Houses
'to let on good streets. Private Dwelling Houses
for - ant in -both cities. Wm. nirther partici:lmi
ingnirr of W/LLIAM WARD.
110 Grant street. opposite Catheetra4
AIM 7I3 EZ;z:III,TE
BY THE
IMMMi DIVISION.
St. Louis. ltiusoal.
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